knuckle_sandwich's Reviews

Best Gig Ready Instrument for the Money

Out of the box, the neck, frets, tuners and bridge were built extremely well, better than an American Performer. Nice job squeezing in tone and volume circuitry, with a split coil option for the Humbucker. The TUSQ nut is nice, but I wish Fender didn’t cut and furnish for .09-.42 strings! Who uses those? Noiseless single coil bridge pickup is actually really nice, and plays well with any HB The neck HB pickup is middle of the pack..a little hot, a little muddy, and sounds better either in split coil mode only or in middle position. I will most likely replace it with a more articulate PAF bucker. Guitar is heavy, but really impressive tones and feel right out of the box..I highly recommend for anyone that wants to gig without bringing their American or Vintage Tele to get beaten up or stolen

Always a safe choice

Nice Quality Acoustic that feels comfortable immediately..Made for every skill level..Compact tool to take to the beach or on stage..Never getting rid of it..

Slight Upgrade from older Bullet Mustangs

Bridge is an upgrade, fingerboard is an upgrade..Stock neck pickup seems slightly hotter..Installed an Invader Bridge PU. Love the color..Rip Roaring Gem for $200!

Amazing Neck

First and foremost, the neck on these guitars are higher quality than most guitars over $1000..roasted maple, smooth frets, block inlays..Goes from D to C shape near shoulder.. Cool retro look and lightweight..tuners are really nice and are Pearl to match well with headstock.. There are no tone knobs..just 2 volume knobs for each Humbucker.. Cons: Wiring/Pots (lowest of the low) Easily fixable..Neck Humbucker hotter than Bridge..Neck pickup sounds ok clean, horrible with distortion..Bridge pickup is opposite..pickups are unique(low profile) and no need to swap out..changed the wiring and put in a Seymour Duncan potentiometer to have a nice volume taper with no static, and that gives you a kill switch for this guitar! Highly recommended..It’s like a Jazzmaster and Tele thrown together

Legit Gig and Demo Amp

I was blown away at how good the Custom Waza Speaker is! Great Low End.

The Effects and Tone patches at your arsenal are simply too good to be true, especially at this price point. Takes pedals well Clean Settings out of box sound suprisingly good and semi chimey.

Cons: The cabinet material is really cheap Not out of the box Android/Apple friendly Nitpicking: Be prepared to spend at least a week or two setting up footpedal/honing/patching tones

Eye Opening Experience

Always wanted a Les Paul, but didn’t like the weight, price, and pickups… This guitar is light, and has a really nice ebony fretboard with jumbo frets, plus a killer matte finish top. The Fishman Fluence pickups are really good and versatile. The only cons are : Battery compartment is cheap Battery Terminal wire is short Locking Tuners don’t do their job as good as they should. (I end up having to re-tune after 2 songs like a Fender)